Tvolution.com Award Fringe 2018 Tallies (HHF18)
TheTvolution.com Award Tallies for mid run of the Hollywood Fringe Festival ‘18 (HHF18): We rank all the shows we attend in one of the five categories listed below:
Dance, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, Hidden Treasures, Music, Music, On Stage, Plays, Special Events, The Arts, Theater
More Please — Butoh at the Fringe in “Shilo Kloko”
By Ernest Kearney — It is a pity that "Shilo Kloko" was at the Fringe so briefly, because it offers a wonderful opportunity to experience Butoh dance theatre and Japanese puppetry art.
To Spend a “Last Christmas” at the Fringe
By Ernest Kearney — If you watch enough of the shows produced by that Fringe stalwart Michael Blaha you realize he knows one of the great secrets of successful producers. Forget helicopters flying over the audience or high-tech computerized video effects or a
“Earhart: More Than A F**king Mystery”—One for the Songbooks
By Ernest Kearney — "Earhart: More Than A F**king Mystery" is your basic fun-time show. It doesn’t go into the many sundry accusations about her actual skills as an aviator, nor does it investigate the charges of shameless promoting done by Earhart’s husband George P.
“Ain’t That America” For Resonance Felt Round the World
By Ernest Kearney — Ain’t That America offers a truly unique viewpoint on a segment of our country that has been legitimatized and emboldened since the last presidential election: the young alt-right conservatives of the South.
“Mackers!” is Wackers at its Best
By Ernest Kearney — From the very start of the preshow it was evident that the cast of "Mackers!" was not only a talented bunch, but that they respected and were elated by each other’s talents; to me that foretold a good evening ahead.
“Spaceman” — Enters the Eye of the Storm
By Ernest Kearney — Set in the Florida Keys during a raging hurricane "Spaceman," by Writer/Director Melissa Vitello, plays like a Twilight Zone spec-script that Rod Serling would have rejected.
“Dracula’s Taste Test” — A Fun Change of Pace
By Ernest Kearney — "Dracula's Taste Test" is no great shakes, but neither does it hold itself up as anything else. Essentially a variety show, featuring Dracula, the whole thing is an enjoyable lark of silly guest monsters, with Jeff Sumner as the “creep” being the
“The Book I’m going to Write, by Judy Garland” — Help Needed
by Ernest Kearney — "The Book That I'm Going to Write, by Judy Garland" is an idea that someone should have talked performer/creator Jason Powell out of. We are told that in 1964 Judy Garland, upon contemplating the writing of her memoirs was advised by
“Black When I Was A Boy” From Heart-Rending to Heart-Hopeful
By Ernest Kearney — Cooper Bates’ one-man show, Black When I Was a Boy is a truly heartfelt tale of that banishment from paradise so many of us experience when we first come to learn the sinful truth: The serpent of prejudice and racial intolerance